Silver Pines Pulls 85 Metascore Ahead Of October 9 Release
The score lands before release and spans outlets that rarely agree on indie horror, which gives Wych Elm's debut a review base that most small studios do not have when they launch.
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Silver Pines, a side-scrolling survival horror game with Metroidvania exploration from Wych Elm, holds an 85/100 Metacritic average ahead of its October 9 release. Metacritic has collected 11 reviews for the PC version, 10 of them favorable, and 5 PS5 reviews that are all positive, with some outlets scoring it 100.
The game puts players in the role of a private detective searching for a missing musician in a forgotten rural American town, built on a Metroidvania map and side-scrolling horror combat. Critics who scored it at the top of the range pointed to the mystery framing as what makes backtracking through the same areas feel purposeful rather than repetitive. Reviews also single out the painterly visuals and the quiet stretches of exploration as the parts that carry the atmosphere.
Wych Elm ships the game on October 9 for PC through Steam and Epic, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch. A demo is already up on Steam.
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